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Mary Carlisle Biography

Birth Name:Gwendolyn Witter

Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Profession Actress, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • In 1932, she was selected as one of the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers' Baby Stars
  • Was discovered at the age of 14 by a studio executive while she was eating lunch at the Universal Studios commissionary
  • Was given a job as a back-up dancer for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio despite only taking a one-day tap dancing lesson